NIH-funded research has led to breakthroughs and the development of new treatments, helping people live longer, healthier lives, and building the research foundation that drives discovery. Identified on this page is a carefully curated selection of available NIH-funding opportunities supporting maternal health research.

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Closing Date
Community Interventions to Address the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Health Disparity and Vulnerable Populations (R01- Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-20-237 NIMHD 6/17/2020 12/2/2020
Novel Approaches to Safe, Non-Invasive, Real Time Assessment of Human Placenta Development and Function Across Pregnancy (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-18-884 NICHD 11/4/2018 12/5/2020
Novel Approaches to Safe, Non-Invasive, Real Time Assessment of Human Placenta Development and Function Across Pregnancy (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-18-885 NICHD 11/4/2018 12/5/2020
Discovery of Molecular Targets for Pregnancy-Related/Induced Diseases and Development of Therapeutics to Prevent/Treat These Diseases (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-18-511 NICHD 12/19/2017 1/8/2021
Effects of In Utero Alcohol Exposure on Adult Health and Disease (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) PA-18-507 NIAAA 12/19/2017 1/8/2021
Effects of In Utero Alcohol Exposure on Adult Health and Disease (R21 - Clinical Trial Optional) PA-18-508 NIAAA 12/19/2017 1/8/2021
Notice of Special Interest: Research on the Health of Women of Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported (U3) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) NOT-OD-20-048 ORWH 12/13/2019 1/26/2021
Notice of Special Interest regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements and Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and the Behavioral and Social Sciences NIH-OD-20-097 NIH 4/13/2020 4/1/2021
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Competitive and Administrative Supplements for the Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Minority Health and Health Disparities NOT-MD-20-019 NIMHD 4/9/2020 5/1/2021
Drug Repurposing for Conditions Affecting Neonates and Pregnant Women (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-18-506 NIH 12/18/2017 5/7/2021
Next Generation Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (NGM) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-19-209 NIAID 4/6/2019 5/7/2021
Maternal Nutrition and Pre-pregnancy Obesity: Effects on Mothers, Infants and Children (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) PA-18-776 NIH 5/9/2018 9/7/2021
Patient Safety in the Context of Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Care (R03 - Clinical Trial Optional) PA-18-791 NIH 5/21/2018 9/8/2021
Role of Gut Microbiome in Regulating Reproduction and Its Impact on Fertility Status in Women Living with and Without HIV (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) PA-18-838 NICHD 6/26/2018 9/8/2021
Role of Gut Microbiome in Regulating Reproduction and Its Impact on Fertility Status in Women Living with and Without HIV (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) PA-18-839 NICHD 9/16/2018 9/8/2021
The Intersection of Sex and Gender Influences on Health and Disease (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) RFA-OD-19-029 ORWH 9/27/2019 11/27/2021
Notice of Special Interest: Advancing the Understanding, Prevention, and Management of Infections Transmitted from Women to their Infants NOT-HD-19-021 NICHD 9/20/2019 1/8/2022
Practice-Based Suicide Prevention Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-20-286 NIMH 9/19/2020 1/27/2022
Notice of Special Interest: Research to Improve Pre-Pregnancy Care and Enhance Healthy Birth Intervals NOT-HD-19-019 NICHD 9/4/2019 9/8/2022
Notice of Special Interest: Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) NOT-MD-20-011 NIMHD 3/27/2020 9/8/2022
NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-20-240 NINDS 12/25/2020 9/27/2022
NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-20-283 NLM 9/23/2020 10/22/2022
Translational Research in Maternal and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-20-300 NICHD 11/10/2020 12/10/2022
Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-20-310 NIMHD 10/27/2020 3/28/2023
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral
Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31-Diversity)		 PAR-20-251 NIH 7/8/2020 5/8/2023
Fertility Status as a Marker for Overall Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-20-281 NICHD 9/19/2020 6/20/2023
Fertility Status as a Marker for Overall Health (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-20-282 NICHD 9/19/2020 6/20/2023
Research to Improve Native American Health (R21 Clinical Trials Optional) PAR-20-214 NIDA 4/17/2021 9/8/2023
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-20-238 NIDA 4/17/2021 9/8/2023
Development of the Fetal Immune System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-20-298 NICHD 3/27/2020 12/7/2023